We’re still working on the Mac/OSX fix… a security update for OSX has caused the patcher to not work. We had to acquire a new laptop and are working on it now.

Next update we plan on having horse bidding in, as well as some more bug fixes (like riding while buying wild horses) and more colors, markings and coat patterns!

I’m working on some videos to help grow our community— we got some fun footage at our new years party, mule racing and whatnot. Thank you everyone who attended, was fun testing multi-player capabilities.

Who: You!What: A Big test bash! Testing multi-player racing and just generally having fun and meeting other playersWhere: Ranch #347 in gameWhen: Starting around 7:00 PM/PST/8:00 PM CST/9:00 PM ESTWhy: Stay safe! Very small risk of being trampled by real horses (or vehicles). Meet other players, show off your horses, and everyone who attends will get free OrbsHow: Search for player #347 in horse search, view Bessie, View Owner, Visit Ranch!

Our current priority is still getting the Mac Launcher/Patcher to work – a new security update for Mac OSX has caused errors getting our patcher working and it is a pain in the horse’s rear to fix. I will be adding a new download tonight to try/bypass the patcher all together meanwhile.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas/Holiday and hope you have an awesome and safe New Years. Chaos here is settling down, and hope to get a few additions in to the game this coming month, as well as do some marketing to help build the community.

Thank you again for all your support! Also, if there are any alpha testers that did not get their packages again for this soft launch, please let me know!

Our IOS dev/build/test machine has decided to be a real fuddy duddy party pooper and throwing unrelated tantrums… delaying our investigation in to fixing/addressing the issue of the OSX patcher not working. Apologize to all OSX/mac users. I’ll keep you posted as soon as I know more. (It worked in Alpha I grumble grumble…!!!)

Awesome first week… I am super excited and dedicating more hours to working on the game. Thank you everyone for feedback/putting up with our dust etc… And wow- Game ops Hawk & Dragon mapped out the entire world. And those dead zones have been fixed! Over 1000 wild horses have already been caught, setting the foundations for the game to come.

While packs of wild arabs scale cliffs, trees float in the sky… training has been done on both large and small horses far and wide. Events have payed out, I raced other players in the desert… It has all been magical and I appreciate everyone coming and braving our Alpha II release!

Been an awesome first week of public testing so far. Everyone is having fun catching wild horses, training, breeding, and events are getting started. We’ve been working hard on fixing the bugs and making some improvements. Expect the next patch(es) this weekend, along with the IOS launcher fix. We should have wild horse spawning fixed shortly too (some breeds aren’t showing… others spawning too much).

–If you are having trouble installing- please post in comments or send me an email

Hello Everyone!

Today we are launching the game in “LIVE” mode which means everyone starts with a clean slate/no horses- but anyone can join! Unless things go very horribly- data will not be reset. Currently the game is only available for Mac/OSX and Windows.

Everyone who signs up now (for at least this week) gets 7 days subscription time and 50 orbs to play with (for another subscription month, or spend how you wish.)

For new players:
– Welcome! I’ll be in chat as much as possible to assist with questions and I’ve got my notepad open to keep track of bugs/problems you find.
– Please keep in mind- that we are in Alpha Mode- this means things are not finished. We have big plans and have laid the ground work for big things…
– We are glad you are joining us in our journey!

For Early Access players:
– Welcome again!
-You can keep a copy of the “Dev” game that you have, and download the new game as well. The Dev game has the development data… your old horses and accounts. I may allow transfer of some horses to the Live game if there is a lot of whining etc.. and there are horses that you can not depart with 🙂
-You will need to install the new launcher (it’s prettier) to play the live game with everyone else.
-I will dispatch more Orbs and subscription time again… and you’ll probably get some more when we are officially 1.0 launched … the amount will be equivalent to the package(s) you purchased.

I have a meeting on Sunday but if you guys keep me busy enough… I will cancel

EDIT: Wrapping up final things- will be ready for public test ~6pm CST 10/28

Hey everyone!
Finally the news you have been waiting for… when when when?! I plan on having a public Launch (Alpha Test II) ready before next weekend (weekend of October 28th, 29th). Be sure to sign up for our mailing list to get word- I’m uncertain if I am prepared to have the link as a public download link- so it might be by invitation only (but you can share the link with friends).

Everyone should get some subscription time, free “Orbs” to get more goodies of your choice, and goodies! I would like to get some good testing on events done, and all the new features to be added next update. I also expect people to find some serious bugs … along with some very cool horses!

Goal store is being removed- all purchases from the update and on out should be instantly delivered via in-game. If you have already made purchases, and waiting for your second round of stuff (your gifts again)- that will happen when I am certain there will be no “reset.” I will make sure everyone gets subscription time.

Thank you everyone- your patience has been wonderful. This will hopefully be the beginning of a lot faster and serious progress!

I will do another post later on listing the updates for this next public test.

Hello everyone! Just giving a shout out that we are still here- and back hard at work on the game. We’re preparing now for an open “Beta” (not sure if that is what we are going to call it). Working out some bugs and a polish round for user experience. I’ll be sending out Alpha testers an email over next few days, asking for criticism and opinions, also will ask everyone to come back and check out changes soon. I hope to do a twitch stream for everyone soon as well.

The Launcher is in testing- If all goes well with this, you will not need to install the game again. Always start the game by running the launcher to ensure you have the most updated version of the game.

Events are in testing! While we will improve the UI, auto-events are being ran daily. We encourage you to enter horses of all sorts in events so we can get good tests.

Wild horse catching- You can now venture out in to the world (“Go Riding”) to spot and catch wild horses. All alpha testers have been granted 20 catches. Different regions spawn different types of horses.

Multiplayer is active- you can see each other’s horses riding around in game. We are working on getting human avatar & tack done so you can see each other in another form. You can share wild horse spotting with each other, however if everyone leaves the zone it may reset (?)…

Horses that you are riding are beginning to perform based on stats. This is a work in progress. Tap the forward key (W by default) to increase speed. S to slow down/stop.

Chat client improvement- you can now see everyone who is online- coming and going (was showing 0 before) . Moderators will not have numbers by their name.

Gift giving- we (Orbis) can now alot gifts for achievements, and for special events. Everyone should have a subscription.

We should have a new client with a lot of new stuff (with in a week) so you can play again. Alpha testers/early access people will receive an email. If everything goes well we will enter an invitational Alpha test soon after (Sign up for our mailing list). We needed to test multiplayer aspects and have updated the server code- thus it no longer works with the old version of the game client that you are playing with. I am sorry that this has caused inconvenience- but it just means we are getting a lot of cool stuff done.
If you haven’t checked out our survey about wild horses- do so below in the next post. I’ll be using your feedback to make changes for this next release.

I’m getting excited- yes we haven’t had updates for you in a while, but that is due to our “in flux” state of the game right now. That flux has crossed over to interfere with the server code… it just means we are preparing for more fun stuff.

What’s this about multiplayer? Being able to see other people (well, as their current horse for now) in the world – and sharing wild horse spottings. You’ll be able to race against each other or check each other’s horses out. It will be more snazzy when you have a human avatar- for now, its all ponies…